Wellington Region

The unveiling of five newly refurbished carriages at Wellington train station today marked a new beginning for the Capital Connection.

A Masterton scrap yard has been reopened after workers found part of what is thought to be a mortar round.

South Wairarapa farmers are frustrated and angry at the amount of rates they are paying, with one currently withholding rates payments in protest.

A representative for train drivers is pleading with railway crossing signal jumpers not to take the risk of crossing while signals are going, after complaints about frequent false signals at the site…

A man was left with injuries across his body after a robbery in Lower Hutt, and police have released images from the store hoping to track down people they believe can help with the investigation.

Communities need to accept built environments with more density so that more people can live close to where services are, a manager at Kāinga Ora says. Audio

The government has announced a new criminal offence targeting ram-raiding, carrying a maximum 10-year sentence.

About 30 to 40 people, who will represent Wellington's population in a mixture of different categories, will be asked to provide their views on the council's long-term plan.

Police have opened a homicide investigation into the death of a man in Titahi Bay.

A man who died in suspicious circumstances in Titahi Bay, Porirua, has been named by police as Barry Hall.

Police are continuing to make enquiries after a man's body was found at a house in Porirua.

Wellington City Council has signed a deal with a construction consortium to build a new sewage sludge treatment plant at Moa Point.

Precious letters and photographs that survived the Loafer's Lodge fire will have to be dumped - but former tenants have won a legal battle to recover some of their property.

The pedestrian was critically injured last month and died in hospital on Wednesday.

A Wellington woman says she could never have predicted she would make a sprawling catch to rein in one of the most famous names in New Zealand cricket this week.

The $4 million-funded Wellington Underground Asset Map will change the way buried infrastructure, such as telecommunications cables, gas pipes, and other services, are installed and maintained.

An insulin-dependent diabetic who struggles with mental health issues and has impaired vision has been asked to leave her cabin at Lake Ferry Holiday Park.

Wellington Hospital is at least three years away from completing a $90 million fixit job on kilometres of faulty water pipes.

The owners of a bull that was fatally wounded by arrows fired from a crossbow are devastated the perpetrators have escaped conviction.

A man has been arrested following a series of suspicious fires in Wellington last week, including one at the central fire station.